If it is herb robert you will know when you pull some of it out from the strong smell...not very nice.
@Allotment Boy what are the pears? We have Beurre Hardy pears which do not keep at all and once picked they need to be eaten in the next few days...
Our chives do take over certain areas but we keep a check on them but don't know if they are garlic chives...is there a difference?
We mowed the lawn for the first time in months. Harvested yet more figs and picked some apples and pears to give to the men doing our new fence.
We also did the same and had enormous amount of foliage. Fruits started and then didn't develop. Then the foliage became very mildrewed and then...
@pete agree a very early grape harvest this year.
A roller coaster day. We needed to look through photo albums to find some specific ones to send to a friend. Of course we had to go through them...
Our harvest wasn't so good this year because of the very dry weather. However harvested enough for 3 demijons that are fermenting now.
Many years ago we had a similar issue with a tulip tree in our garden. We planted it in totally the wrong place but then we knew no better. As it...
Went out and picked the pea beans that have seeded for next years sowing. Have removed the pods and now they are drying nicely in the garden room....
We tackled the ivy growing up a brick wall in readiness for some fencing work next week (weather permitting!). The trunks of the ivy were huge...
We have grown salad crops in the tunnel for some years now including winter time. We have also sown carrots (agreed that they will be harvested...
We visited Farringford gardens on the Isle of Wight. We went for the first time 2 years ago in October so this time we were a bit earlier. The...
@Selleri haven't tried the pickled walnuts yet. Your recipe for kohlrabi looks like I could use this if only the rabi would bulk up!
Yes we have to prune our bean tree as it grows so huge. Therefore as others have said we don't get the flowers or the beans. Some years we do...
We tackled the broken and overhanging branches of fruit trees in the orchard. We can now walk along the paths without our heads being chopped off....
Had some time out so went to a local nature reserve to sit and watch the butterflies. Well they weren't there! The dry spell for months has...
We harvested the last of the rubbish pea crop. Not all the same ones and done at different stages. So these last ones were sown outdoors directly...
@pete we tried that with our black hamburg grape vine 2 years ago that had mildew and it made no difference. Maybe because it is so big that we...
Cleared another path that will be access for the fencing company next month...yes I know I will have to do it again. The orchids and insectivorous...
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